Fentanyl poses severe threat

By Harlan Kirgan on Friday, August 26, 2022
COVID Omicron variant is on the downside, monkeypox a concern
  • Louisiana Department of Health officials Dr. Tina Stefanski, left, and Stacy Conrad spoke about virus threats and the rising deadly danger from fentanyl at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan )
    Louisiana Department of Health officials Dr. Tina Stefanski, left, and Stacy Conrad spoke about virus threats and the rising deadly danger from fentanyl at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan )
  • Stacy Conrad, opioid prevention outreach coordinator for the office of Public Health Region 4, spoke about fentanyl.
    Stacy Conrad, opioid prevention outreach coordinator for the office of Public Health Region 4, spoke about fentanyl.
    The nation is on the downside of the sixth surge of the COVID Omicron variant, monkeypox is on the emerging and fentanyl is a rising deadly threat. That sums up the message from Dr. Tina Stefanski, regional medical director for the Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) Office of Public Health in Acadiana (Region 4). Stefanski and Stacy Conrad, opioid prevention outreach coordinator for the o...

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